Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a tour of America on 12 and 13 February. This visit of PM Modi to America is very important. During this, PM Modi will meet the newly elected President of America Donald Trump. It is expected that PM Modi will participate in many important discussions in America
During this tour, PM Modi will stay in the President Guest House i.e. the luxurious Blair House. The people staying in this guest house are mainly heads of governments. Charles de Gaulle, Lech Walesa and Queen Elizabeth II and Emperor Akahito of Japan have also stayed hereBlair House has a very old history. Blair House was built about 200 years ago. This is the official guest house of the US President. The Blair House is located on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, across from the Eisenhower Executive Office.
Foreign dignitaries consider it a great honor to be invited to stay for the night at Blair House. The guest house hosts high-level summits, dinners and receptions for Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Cabinet Secretaries and powerful diplomats.In 1836, it was purchased by Francis Preston Blair, a prominent newspaper publisher who was an advisor to many presidents, including Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln. He named it Blair House. Their descendants lived there for the next 100 years
